11 OCT Today in Military History 1399 King Henry IV of England founds the Order of the Bath 1427 Battle of Maclodio: Carmagnolas Venetians defeat the Milanese under Carlo Malatesta 1502 Aided by Leonardo da Vincis siege engines, Cesare Borgia takes Fossombrone, in the Romagna, amid great slaughter, but elsewhere his treacherous lieutenant Vitellozzo Vitelli seizes Castel Durante, initiating a widespread revolt against the Borgia 1776 Battle of Valcour I.: American squadron under Benedict Arnold halts the British on Lake Champlain 1797 Battle of Camperdown: Royal Navy defeats the Dutch 1811 Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos: Lord Hills Anglo-Spanish forces rout the French 1860 The Irish 69th NY Militia refuses to parade for the Prince of Wales 1861 Battle of Dumfries/Quantico Creek, Va 1862 J.E.B. Stuarts cavalry sacks Chambersburg, Pa. 1899 Responding to an ultimatum from both the Transvaal and Orange Free State, Britain declares war on the Boers. 1915 Bulgarians initiate an offensive against Serbia 1922 Turkey & Greece sign a ceasefire, ending Greeces attempt to conquer Asia Minor 1942 Battle of Cape Esperance: US cruisers and destroyers ambush the Tokyo Express 1943 USS Wahoo (ss 238) sunk by Japanese aircraft in La Perouse Strait. 1944 Japan announces it will fight to the last man, woman, child, weapon, and piece of equipment. 1945 Chinese civil war begins: Chiang Kai-Shek vs. Mao Tse-Tung 1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100 m 1962 McHales Navy premiers on ABC, runs for four seasons 1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) complete 163 orbits in 260 hours 1982 HMS Mary Rose is raised from the bottom of Portsmouth harbor, where she sank in 1545
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:58:20 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015